Trousers-press.



No. 759,919. PATRNTRD MAY 17, 1994.

G. P. RooNRY.

TROUSERS PRESS. BD APB.. 23, 1903. RENEWED MAR. 7, 1904.

v APPLIUATION FI'L No MODEL.

UNITED STATES atented 'May 1'?, 19011.

PATENT Orifice;

tlUhLijri". FRA'NClS ROONEY,- LEICESTER, ENGLAND. Y

TROUSERS-PRESS.

SPECIFICATlON forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,919, dated May 17, 1904. Application filed April 23, 1903. Renewed March '7, 1904. Serial No, 198,986. (Ne model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, GEORGE FRANCIS Roo- NnY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 25 Silver Arcade, Leicester, in the county of Leicester, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rl`rousers-1resses, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in trousers-presses, and is designed with the object of providing a trousers-press in which a number of garments may at the same time be stretched to any reasonable extent and thereafter pressed with an adequate pressure distributed equally over the whole surface.

The main object of theinvention is to provide a trousers-press for the reception of a number of garments at` the same time in which provision is made for the extra thickness of material at that part of the trousers where the side seams occur, so that an eilicient and equable pressure is sustained over the whole surface and the edges of the trousers where folded and' where it is desired in deference to the prevailing fashion to form a crease. This object is effected by providing a press having two upper flat surfaces with a space between superimposed upon another' fiat surface or base-board, the garments being stretched between the upper surfaces and the lower or base plate in such a manner that the seams df the said garments lie in the space betwee the two upper flat surfaces.

A convenient construction of press comprises a iiat plate, of wood or other suitable material and of any desirable length and width to form the base-board of the press, and two top plates placed thereover and arranged with a space between, the said top plates being joined by transverse bars to insure'the necessary strength and rigidity and to preserve the required space' between. I'

rlhe invention will be readily understood by referenceto/the accompanying drawings, of whichy Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a trousers-press constructed in accordance with my said invention, and Fig. Z is a cross-sectional elevation thereof.;

A is the bottom or base board of the press,

and B B are the two top plates, placed side by side and having a space B between.

'C C are metal bars placed transversely across and joining the two top plates B B together, being fastened'thereto by screws C' C. The trousers are placed between. the base-board and the top plates, so that the seams occur at the space between the two top plates, which therefore exertan equal and efficient pressure over that part of the trousers-leg where it is most needed.' Each part B of the top piece is shown hinged at D, so that the said top piece may be thrownback, as shown in Fig. l, for the purpose of permitting of stretching the garments before pressing and after they have been arranged in the press. The transverse bars C C have formed on each end a lug or projection E E, adapted to be engaged by a link in a chain F F or equivalent, situated ou either side of the bottom part or base A in positions corresponding to those of the bars C C on the top piece. The said lugs E E are formed out of the solid bars C C, so that the maximum strength may be obtained and also that the pull on the said lugs ETE exerted by the chains F F may be more equally distributed over the two top plates and thence to the garments under treatment.

Holes, slots, or chambers (-r (fr are drilled or formed in the thickness of the bottoni or base board A,`within which are situated lpri; gs H H, Fig. 2, fastened at one end to pps J J, which hold-the said springs firmly in pesition. The outer ends of each of the said sprn'igs H H are attached to the chains F F and the links or openings of which are, as hereinbeforc mentioned, adapted to engage the said lugs or projections E E, carried by the bars (l (l, so

that, as will be readily seen, any desired pres- By the use of my improvlnlpress coiistructed as described an equal pressure is distributed over the whole surface of the garments, the increased thickness of material where thc seams occur (m, Figs. I and 3) being accommo- IOC dated in the space B', arranged between the ranged with a space between, and united by two top plates B B, so that the fashionable transverse metal bars having an integral lug crease is maintained and the pressure sustained or knob on each end, to be engaged by the said with any reasonable number of garments in chain for the purpose described.

5 the press. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 15 What I claim then ishand in the presence of two witnesses. In a trousers-press, the combination with a Y GEORGE FRANCIS lROONEY. base plate or board having a series ofvsockets Witnesses: in-its edges, each socket containing a spring v E. N. LEWIS, I0 anda connected chain, of two top plates, arf GEORGE LESTER. 

